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I find these crossings to be more hassle than they're worth. There's three in hackney on my commute (two either side of clapton sq and another one crossing morning lane from the bike path next to st john's church). Generally I've noticed that most drivers seem to understand who's supposed to have priority, but I've had enough near misses from drivers who (quite understandably, IMO) don't realise it's for cyclists as well as peds. Sometimes they slow down for road traffic giving the impression they're going to let you cross but then keep driving. V confusing. They've also recently installed one of these on phillip lane in tottenham, but I think drivers are a lot less used to seeing any cycling infrastructure round there so they just completely ignore it.
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They've also recently installed one of these on phillip lane in tottenham, but I think drivers are a lot less used to seeing any cycling infrastructure round there so they just completely ignore it.
It's more just that Tottenham has its own traffic rules. They are
- you can do whatever you want as long as you do it slowly
- keep a rough tally in your head of times you let someone out vs got let out and try to keep them roughly in line
- if you don't plan to obey rules 1 and 2 you must rev your engine loudly at all times to
indicate this
Tottenham is quite a chilled out place to cycle once you know this
- you can do whatever you want as long as you do it slowly
brokenbetty
Who has right of way here?
Cycle lane routes directly across a road. Is next to a zebra crossing but not a zebra crossing.
I take this route every day and cars seem to stop for cyclists, but one day I'm sure someone won't.
Seems quite an odd design to me particularly with no signage covering right of way... normally from what i've seen when cycle lane cross roads there is a traffic light managing it.
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